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jackals, wolves, hyamas, foxes, and hares would 

 offer numerous opportunities of indulging in this 

 form of sport. 



Then, about the end of February, having de- 

 cided on the district they were going to hunt 

 for big game, they could make a start either for 

 the jungles of Chanda and Berar (where I should 

 go), and which would lie within some eighty or 

 one hundred miles of Nagpore, the greater part of 

 which distance could be travered by rail ; or they 

 might hunt the Assirghur jungles in the province 

 of Nimar, and thence to the Bhetul country ; or 

 they might proceed to the Puchmurree Hills, 

 where they would have fine sport with bison and 

 sambur, and would get a few tigers, bears, and 

 panthers ; and then explore the regions of Mandla 

 and the sources of the Narbada. The middle 

 of May would find our party back at Nagpore, 

 the rains having then begun. Here they could 

 dispose of their horses, surplus kit, etc., and then 

 proceed by rail to Bombay, and thence by sea 

 to Calicut. They might go direct by rail to 

 Madras, if they wished to visit that presidency 

 town. Then on either to Ootacamund or Banga- 

 lore, where they could again establish their head- 

 quarters, and from whence they could explore 

 the Annamully Hills and the great forests of the 

 Wynaad. Here they would meet with sport of 



